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Subject: Re: Can a NCR PC916 handle first party DMA (SCSI problems) ?
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Date: 13 Jun 90 14:40:17 GMT
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In article <656@dr.uucp> soc@dr.uucp (Steinar O. Cook) writes:
>I'm having a lot of trouble with running Adaptech SCSI controlers
>on my NCR PC916 with ISC 2.0.2. The errors indicates that the machine
>does not support "firs party DMA" whatever that might be. Can anyone 
>confirm if the NCR PC916 supports "first party DMA" ?

You can run the onboard DMA test: Boot up under DOS and run debug
with the command at debug's - prompt: g c800:9 or g dc00:9 or whatever
you have the ROM address set to, and the DMA test will run.


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